How easy is it to set up a wireless router

slowen

Purchased a wireless router and just wondering how easy are they to set up as I am currently using supanet ADSL broadband and want to get a wireless signal around my house

Do I need to uninstall my old modem fils etc, I presume I dont have to upgrade my broadband subscription or anything like that

Browntoa

just uninstall your old modem from add / remove programs then put the CD for your wireless router in the cd drive and the wizard should just take you through all the required steps to get it up and running

albertross_2

Setting up security can be fiddly if you have never done it before.

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Plug it into the ethernet wired connection and setup the router wired first, then setup the wireless encryption.

You don't have to uninstall the old modem, or tell your isp.

slowen

My password I use to access the internet on my supanet account, will I still need to access this or will the router take over?

I presume once the wireless router is installed I can still use my normal broadband account and don't have to set up a new one?

I have no idea so any advice welcome

albertross_2

You tell the router your id and password, and then whenever the pc is plugged into a switched on router, or via wireless, you are on the internet. There is no dialling to do.

Which model of router do you have?

slowen

albertross wrote:

You tell the router your id and password, and then whenever the pc is plugged into a switched on router, or via wireless, you are on the internet. There is no dialling to do.

Which model of router do you have?

Linksys WGKPC354G-UK

Picked it up from PC World today after seeing on the "grabbit" section as it was £39.99for the wireless router and a notebook wireless card

albertross_2

Stick the CD in, connect it up with a wired connection and follow the setup prompts. To make it secure, choose a ssid which doesn't identify you, disable ssid broadcasting, and get a secure wpa encryption key from https://www.grc.com/passwords. Also change the default router password.

Then stick the pcmcia card (if your laptop doesn't have one already), and install that, tell it the ssid you have chosen, and paste the same 63 character encryption key in.

You can also get to the router config screen by going to http://192.168.1.1 in ie.

slowen

albertross wrote:

Stick the CD in, connect it up with a wired connection and follow the setup prompts. To make it secure, choose a ssid which doesn't identify you, disable ssid broadcasting, and get a secure wpa encryption key from https://www.grc.com/passwords. Also change the default router password.

Then stick the pcmcia card (if your laptop doesn't have one already), and install that, tell it the ssid you have chosen, and paste the same 63 character encryption key in.

You can also get to the router config screen by going to http://192.168.1.1 in ie.

So basically install the stuff from the CD then plug in the router and hopefully everything should work, do you need to connect all your extra's e.g. wireless laptop and wired xbox 360 via ethernet as soon as you install the router?

My laptop apparantly has built in wireless so hopefully should recognise my connection

albertross_2

Can't help with the xbox, maybe someone else can advise.

Once you've installed it on the main PC. If the ssid is being broadcast, then your laptop should pick it up, and let you attach to it. However I suggest you disable the ssid broadcasting once you have set it up, as a security measure. Have a look through the first link I posted, it should answer a lot of questions, but the detailed instructions are for Netgear routers

The router needs to be plugged into a PC/laptop via ethernet when you run setup.

slowen

Just tried to setup and when tring to connect I do not have an ethernet socket in the back of my PC

Is there any way around this? and the ethernet cable supplied is a very tight fit into the router (is this correct)

albertross_2

Does the laptop have an ethernet connection?

Provided that you are not forceing it in, it should be ok,